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would have produced tells very adversely on future crops. 
Owing, however, to the cleanness of the land, the ready 
process of cultivating for mangolds already described is pos- 
sible, rendering a good braird of plant an absolute certainty, 
and the cost of labour little more than half that incurred when 
spring ploughing and cultivating is reverted to ; moreover, on 
such soils this latter mode of procedure entails great uncertainty 
of crop, much depending on the ^weather, whether a plant is 
obtainable or otherwise. 
The stocking of the land as regards sheep is also very judi- 
ciously arranged ; their presence on the farm during the winter 
months not being tolerated, but in summer a number sufficient 
to do the tenant yeoman service are grazed. 
In the purchase of all the cattle, we saw that the fact that 
they would be to sell again had been kept in view. They were 
good-fleshed compact animals of nice weights, from 42 to 46 
stones when fat, worth as much, or more, per stone than bigger 
beasts, andiin the market attracting more customers. We were 
told that the heavier Norfolk turkeys are, the more are they 
worth per lb., but to cattle or sheep this does not apply in 
Norfolk more than elsewhere. 
Mr. Devereaux's book-keeping is only meagre, and we should 
fancy he is more at home among the stock and work of the farm 
than wielding the clerkly pen ; but Mrs. Devereaux is a useful 
assistant in the latter, and the two together have no difficulty 
in rendering intelligible how the financial part of the business 
stands. 
He informed us that his capital when he started the farm was 
500/., and that, from what we saw, we could form some estimate 
of what it is now. 
He is a Suffolk man from the estate of the late Sir Edward 
Kerrison, his father holding a farm of 150 acres there ; and 
certainly the present owner of that estate is to be congratu- 
lated if Devereaux, Jun., is a fair sample of the sort of tenant 
it educates and sends forth. 
Class IV. — Second Prize, 10/. 
Edward Scrutton, Brandeston, Wickham Market^ Suffolk. 
A. E. P. 
Arable land 31 1 0 
Grassland 16 2 10 
Total .. .. 47 3 10 
This farm is the property of Charles Austin, Esq., of Bran- 
deston Hall, Wickham Market, and has been held by the present 
